Virginia Street Arts Festival 2025: A Weekend of Color, Creativity, and Community Waynesboro’s streets are getting a fresh coat of creativity! The 2025 Virginia Street Arts Festival returns to downtown Waynesboro for an unforgettable weekend packed with live mural painting, interactive art, live music, and more. ???? New Murals, New Energy This year, three talented artists […]
Each year, the Choose Clean Water Conference brings together a diverse network of individuals—from local, state, and national nonprofits and government agencies to elected officials and businesses—all working toward the shared goal of clean water. This dynamic conference offers Coalition members unique opportunities to learn cutting-edge restoration techniques from leading experts, engage in meaningful dialogues […]
June 6-7, 2025 | N Wayne Ave | Downtown Waynesboro, VA | 11 AM – 8 pm Welcome to Hiker Fest, the ultimate celebration of outdoor adventure in the heart of Waynesboro, VA! Get ready for a day of live music, free yoga sessions, henna designs, local food, trail talks, DIY tie dye, tarot reading, […]
Join us on Saturday, June 7th, 9am to noon in Waynesboro for Clean the Bay Day! Afterwards, keep the watershed fun going by visiting Hikerfest in Waynesboro or the Karst Expo at Grand Caverns! All are invited, families welcome! When: Saturday, June 7th, from 9 to 12 noon Where: 2 Options, Land or River! […]
Come join the fun at Seven Arrows Brewing for our first South River Watershed Coalition Volunteer Meet Up!
Wednesday, August 20, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm
We will provide some light appetizers and have Watershed related games with prizes. Come enjoy those, support the venue by buying a drink if you'd like, and also learn about the Coalition while meeting other locals who value safeguarding the Watershed.
City of Waynesboro Parks and Recreation invites you to attend the formal dedication of the South River Preserve! This project came into fruition with funding from the DuPont settlement. The purpose was to create and improve habitat for fish, birds, and pollinators that were impacted by mercury contamination as well as improve water quality. The […]
We're kicking off the series on Tuesday, September 16th with Marshall Boyd, Research & Collections Technician at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. His talk is titled What’s in a Name? How Taxonomy Fuels the World of Museums. Topic: Taxonomy (the science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms into groups based on shared characteristics) plays […]
Our second Science Talk of the series on Tuesday, October 21st features Dr Joe Keiper, Executive Director at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Historic Bird Collections: A Time Machine for Bird Conservation and a Gateway for Avian Appreciation Topic Details: Dr. Keiper will talk about how to get into birding and citizen science, and delve […]
Please join us on Tuesday, November 11th, at 7 pm for a special Veteran's Day Science Talk at the Wayne Theatre. John E. Ross will give a talk titled Here’s to the Weather Warriors! All was ready for D-day. Aboard ships steaming in the English Channel, thousands of troops waited anxiously. In their camps by […]
Join us at the upcoming Open House! You’re invited to a community open house on November 19 at 5 p.m. at Waynesboro High School to learn more about and discuss the Comprehensive Plan update. This is an opportunity to give input on various important issues that affect the daily lives of residents, businesses, and visitors […]
Storytelling and Watershed Science: Premiering “Chessie’s Big Adventure” Update: the first 50 people to arrive at the Wayne Theatre will receive a small "Chessie" duckie! Tell your friends! Yellow rubber duckie with SRWC logo - first 50 arrivals to the Science Talk get one free! High in the Blue Ridge Mountains south of Waynesboro, water […]
Chris Ludwig, former Chief Biologist for the State of Virginia, and Gary P. Fleming, Ecologist Emeritus with the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage, will give a Science Talk about the Rare and Unique Plants of Augusta County and the Central Appalachian Mountains in Virginia Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 @ 7 […]
